London Apple Store to open on November 20, maybe

The Register has a short piece based on a post dated 8-19-2004 at IFO Applestore. The store will apparently be on Regent Street, just below Oxford Street, where there is already a large toy shop: Hamleys.

Comment: It will be interesting to see how well London's independent Apple dealers fare against competition from their supplier. In the US, some dealers sued Apple for "fraud, breach of contract, unfair competition, false advertising and even racketeering", according to a local TV channel, and Mac Web site ThinkSecret did a Special Report on the accusations.

Of course, these dealers already have to compete with Apple UK's online store, where Apple has a "price matching" promotion apparently designed to take their business away.